Fair, objective probe urged into alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts

STORY: Fair, objective probe urged into alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Nord Stream pipelines 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEFFREY SACHS, Director, Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): FABIEN BOUGLE, French energy policy expert 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAN OBERG, Director of Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Catalan): JOSEP PUIGSECH, Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona 6. various of pipelines in Germany 7. various of views of the U.S., Ukraine and Russia 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): NIELS GARDE, Danish entrepreneur STORYLINE: In an article published earlier this month on the U.S. portal Substack, Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh revealed how the U.S. partnered with Norway in a top-secret operation in June 2022 to plant remotely triggered explosives that took out three of the four Nord Stream

Europeans raise questions on alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts

STORY: Europeans raise questions on alleged U.S. involvement in Nord Stream blasts DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Europe 2. Photo released by the Danish Ministry of Defense on Sept. 27, 2022 that shows the Nord Stream gas pipeline leak site (Danish Defense Ministry, Handout via Xinhua) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): FABIEN BOUGLE, French energy policy expert 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): EMILE KOKHOLM, Musician in Copenhagen 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NIELS GARDE, Danish entrepreneur 6. various aerial shots of Copenhagen STORYLINE: Europeans have raised questions about the U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine conflicts in a recent article by the U.S. investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. Hersh revealed that the United States partnered with Norway in a secret operation in June 2022 to plant remotely triggered explosives that destruct the Nord Stream pipelines three months later. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): FABIEN BOUGLE, French energy policy expert "It

Energy crisis in Europe bound to have major economic impact: French expert

STORY: Energy crisis in Europe bound to have major economic impact: French expert DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes in Europe 2. SOUNDBITE (French): FABIEN BOUGLE, French energy policy expert STORYLINE: During a Xinhua interview, a French expert stressed that the energy crisis in Europe is bound to have a major economic impact. SOUNDBITE (French): FABIEN BOUGLE, French energy policy expert "What is important to understand is that energy sources, whether gas, oil or electricity, are extremely important to a country's economy. It is therefore indisputable that a country like Germany, for example, with 65 percent of its gas supply depending on Russia, will have and will continue to have the full force of the economic consequences, because obviously, in the absence of energy sources, it can hardly keep its factories, industries or businesses running. This is bound to have a major economic impact, with companies that will no longer